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Monterey, CA

My daughter ia on celexa 30 mg. It doesn't seam to make much difference and then 2 months ago they put her on Serequel 25 mg. And in 8 weeks she gained 25 pounds. It was for her anxiety but it only made her stress about her clothes not fitting. We went from a 7/8 to a 12/14 I bought new clothes of course but she was crying all the time because she wanted her old clothes back. So we weened her off as off last week she is off and she's already lost 5 lbs but she is a melt down mess again. Does… read more

July 20, 2015
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A MyAutismTeam Member

My niece is on Celexa and it made her gain so much weight! like her stomach sticks out so much (shes only 5) and apparently quack Dr. Goldberg says she's at a healthy weight now... Like her and I are literally the same weight and I can't even pick her up.... My sister doesn't give her, her meds all the time which is bad! But I heard zoloft is great!

July 7, 2018
A MyAutismTeam Member

My daughter is 24 tried Zoloft when she was about 8 she went up 3 sizes in clothes in 6 mo
We took her off b/c we saw no difference in behavior
She has been resistant to any ouch meds for years
We recently talked her into Paxil for severe anxiety she was on for about 6 weeks 40 mg and flipped out went completely maniac ran away
It was awful and traumatic no more trials for her
The next was going to be depakote

July 21, 2015

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